President Trump continued his tweeting into this morning from last night on various issues rattling around in his brains.
His morning tweet was defending the idea of a physical border wall:
The only way to stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and much else from coming into our Country is with a Wall or Barrier. Drones and all of the rest are wonderful and lots of fun, but it is only a good old fashioned Wall that works!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
This is definitely going to appease those on the right who have been criticizing him for not backing his border wall enough. Ironically, he has said in the past that he would be ok with a “virtual” wall.
Last night he also appeared to respond to the concerns in Mattis’ amazing resignation letter:
When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
You can read the Mattis letter here.
He also blasted the media for making a big deal about McGurk quitting:
Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
And he bashed the media for their double standard on Syria – he’s absolutely right on this:
If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America. With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
This is true, the media is completely dishonest on this issue – but that doesn’t exonerate him from making what appears to be a very rash decision.